Weather-strip guide



D. W. ARAVE WEATHER STRIP GUIDE Filed May 23 192 IN VEN TOR ATTORNEYS tion Patented Sept. 2, 1924,

umreo sures DANIEL WILLIS ARAVE, OF LEOCATELLO, IDAHO,

WEATHER-STRIP GUIDE.

Application filed May 23, 1923,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. ARAvn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pocatello, in the county of Bannock and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVeather-Strip Guides, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weather strips of that type of construction in which cooperative metallic members are provided on the sash or like sliding closure and on the frame therefor, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel attachment of; the character described whi'ch comprises metallic slide members on opposite members of a window sash or like sliding closure in sliding engagement with metallic guide means on the frame or casing for thesashcor other closure, whereby the window sash or like closure will be mounted to slide easily at all times, the sash and the frame being braced by the cooperativeelements of the attach-- ment and being protected against the action of the elements and against the entrance of dust, ci'nders and the like between the relatively moving contiguous surfacesof the sash or like closure and the frame there- 7 angular metallic member 6, the horizontal for. v

Qther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunctionlwith the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a locomotive engine cab, showing the windows thereof equipped with a practical embodiment of the invention,

t Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through thewindow frame ,andthrough the sashes therein, certain of the latter being shown in open position or, juxtaposed rela- Figure 3 is a fragmentary vperspective view showing a portion of the top member of one of the sashes shown in the preceding views, and n Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a portion of the sill. or bottom member of the frame shown in Figures 1 and 2.

As is well known the window construction of a locomotive engine cab ordinarily comprises a frame and one or more horizontally sliding sashes arranged to work in grooves Serial No. 640,952.

tion just described are obviated when the sliding window or closure and the frame' therefor are equipped with a practical embodiment of the invention. Such an embodiment of the invention includes narrow plates or strips 1 and 2 respectively made of light gauge metal and disposed in fiatwise contiguous relation to the outer faces of the upper frame member 3 and the sill 4 respectively, as best seen in Figure 2. The

plates 1 and 2 constitute spacing members I and respectively extend above the upper side of the top frame member 3 and below the lower side of the sill 4. The portion of the plate 1 extending abovethe top member 3 is secured by means of bolts 5 or like fastening elements to th vertical side of an side of which is disposed upon the upper side of the top member 3 and is secured to the latter by means of bolts 7 which extend vertically through the top member 3.

In like manner, the plate 2 is secured by rivets 8 to the vertical side of an angular metallic member 9, the horizontal side of which is arranged in flatwise contiguous relation to the under side of the sill 4t and is secured to the latter by means of bolts 10 which extend through the sill, The bolts 7 and 10 have the heads thereof countersunk in the frame members through which they plates 11 and 12 are made of a light gauge metal and are secured to the frame members with which they are associated by means of screws 13.

With the arrangement described so far the top frame member 3 and the sill 4 and consequently the entire window frame will be effectually braced against warping and face of the sash of the window 16.

distortion because of the action of the weatherthereon or for like cause.

In the embodiment of the invention illus trated, the window 14 is stationary and is positioned-at one end of the window frame. The frame is shown as being mounted in a suitable opening in the side of a locomotive engine cab which isdesignated generally at 15. The windows 16 and 17 are 'slidablc horizontally from closed position, as illustrated in Figure 1., to open position in which they are disposed substantially in register with the stationary-window 14, as shown. in the drawing. The window 16 which is the middle window of the series has the inner and the upper faces of the top vmember thereof covered byan angle member 18. The inner and lower faces of the bottom member ofthe middle window 16' are covered by an angle member 19. The angular member 18 has a vertically disposed side arranged in flatwise contiguous relation to the inner face of the top member of the sash of. the. win:

dow 16'and is secured to the latter by means of screws 20 so that the horizontally disposed side of the angle member will rest upon the upper face of the top member of the window sash and the outer face of an upturned longitudinal extension 21 at the outer edge of the horizontal portion of the angle member 18 will lie in. the plane of the outpr T e horizontal portion of the angle member 1.8 has an elongated portion struck-up there- .fromas indicated at 22, the struck-up portion-extending in'spaced parallel relation to the extension 21 and terminating at its upperedge in the plane of the upper edge of the extension 21. The extension 21 and thestruck up portion 22' constitute guiding and retaining elements for engaging with the opposite sides of a dependingportion of an angular rail 23 which is secured to the lower fac'of the top frame member 3 and with whichthe horizontal portion of the angle member 18 is in sliding contact.

The angle member 19 which is applied to the bottom member of the sash of the window 16 is identical in essential respects with the-angle member 18 and isjprovided along its outer edge with a depending extension so 21 and with .a downwardly struck portion 22 in spaced'parallel relation to the extension 21', the extension 21' '-a 11C1 iihe down.-

wardly struck portion 22 constituting guidin-g and.-re t aining elements in engagement with the opposite sides vof the upstanding the end of the frame opposite to that provided with the stationary window 14, The inner face and the upper face of the top member of the sash of the window 17 are covered and reinforced by an angle member 1 which 1s precisely identlcal 1n essentlal respects with the angle member "18 and which therefore has been indicated by the same reference numeral. The horizontal portion of the angle member 18 which is applied to the upper or top member of the sash of the window 17 is provided with the upstanding marginal extension 21 and the struck up portion 22 in spaced parallel relation thereto, the extension 21 and the struck up portion 22 of the last mentioned angle member 18 being in sliding engagement with the opposite faces of the depending, portion of the plate 11 which has been hereinbefore. .de-

scribed, such depending portion oftheplate 11 being indicated at 25 and constituting a rail with which the horizontal portion of the last mentioned ,angle'member 18 is in sliding contact. Siniilarlyythe bottom member of the sash of the window17v is provided with one ofthe angle members 19 and the depending extension 21 and the downwardly struck portion 22' of the .latter are. sliding. engagement with the opposite faces of the upstanding portion of the plate lQd which upstanding portion is designated 26 and constitutes a rail which lies in the vertical plane ofthe. plate 11 and relatively to which the last mentioned angle member 19 slides. It thus will be apparent that the vertically aligned angle members -18iand 1.9 which are secured toyopposite.membersof the sash of each of the sliding windows comprisea pair of wear. resisting slide shoes which engage with a pair of vertically aligned horizontal rails carried by opposite members of the window frame in sn h a ner that the sliding window is held against bodily movement laterally of its general plane but is permitted to slide freely..,and easily in its general plane. between limits established by one endof the window frame and by either the stops 24 on the rails-23, 23 or similar stops 24 at one end bf the rails25, 2.6. Theangle'members 18 and 1.9 brace the members of the window sashes to wh c hey are appl ed nd partica la i y pro ect thelinner edge po o of such-mam bers'of the wirldow sashes. 'Therelatively moving portions of the window sashes and the window frame are covered by metallic members having good wear resisting properties.

The portions of the sashes which slide on the frame members do not enter grooves in the latter but are mounted to slide on rails carried by the frame members and therefore the windows are not likely to stick when subjected to the action of the elements, particularly moisture.

While I have shown a practical embodiment of the invention as being applied to sliding windows of a locomotive engine cab,

it will be obvious that the invention is applicable to sliding windows of various types of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Also many modifications of the form of the device disclosed in the foregoing and illustrated in the drawings may be provided without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and I therefore consider as my own all modifications and adaptations thereof which fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is The combination with a sliding closure and the frame therefor, of a pair of metallic rails extending inwardly of the inner faces of two parallel members of the frame, and longitudinal metallic slide members secured to the closure and having portions upon the faces of the closure which are in coning in the path of movement of the slide member with which said rail is associated.

DANIEL WILLIS ARAVE. 

